<p>In this episode, I chat with Jessica Alexander about bikepacking!</p> <p>Jessica Alexander is an active Xennial woman from Austin, TX who has competed over ten years in triathlon (including 2 Ironmans!), road cycling races and-most recently-cyclocross and gravel. She claims that she does bike messenger and delivery work for "fun and exercise" and tries to volunteer with children's bike programs at least two times a month. She is an active member of Ruckus Racing and Team Snacks and has been bikepacking all over the World over the past 3 years; including Switzerland, Belgium, Arkansas and a good majority of Texas!</p> <p>In this episode, she talks about an upcoming trip in Arkansas, how she got into bikepacking, and gives us lots of tips and tricks for beginners.</p> <p>You can follow Jessica&nbsp;on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jealexphoto/">@jealexphoto</a>!</p> <p>Here are some other links you might find useful that we discussed in the episode:</p> <p><a href="https://bikepacking.com/" target="_blank">https://bikepacking.com/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.hipcamp.com/">https://www.hipcamp.com/</a></p> <p>And <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRHDOngQNVbCpJIVmCksox0o1FSTh2HnFXnZKil57Hf4H-6F7cE1BATRYeQkR8cAAe2vmW5zdMFuTjU/pub">here</a> is the link to Jessica's quick guide of bikepacking to McKinney Falls State Park: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRHDOngQNVbCpJIVmCksox0o1FSTh2HnFXnZKil57Hf4H-6F7cE1BATRYeQkR8cAAe2vmW5zdMFuTjU/pub" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRHDOngQNVbCpJIVmCksox0o1FSTh2HnFXnZKil57Hf4H-6F7cE1BATRYeQkR8cAAe2vmW5zdMFuTjU/pub</a></p>